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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45 grade. Track and Price’s census reports this $50 as the earliest and the only first charter note from this Allegheny County issuing bank. First charter fifties have always been heralded rarities, with only 103 documented in the National Banknote Census. Only 14 are listed as XF or better, and two of those are in museums. The majority of the remaining 12 have limited auction histories and just one other example even has a picture in the database. The note displays art-like appeal and intricate details which are typical of the era. O...

Ancient Coins Like most coin collectors, I have a list of coins I want to own. The list I plan to cover in this article will be personal and not just a list of the most famous ancient coins, so I won’t be listing decadrachms, pentadrachms. It’s not that I wouldn’t love to own one or all of these, but their cost is not only out of my purchasing range but greater than my net worth. And even if I had the money and bought the coins, my wife would kill me and bury me in the back yard, which is a very powerful disincentive.

CoinWeek writer Steve Benner talks about 10 ancient coins he'd love to own - and they're not all decadrachms, octodrachms, and pentadrachms.

The S-Mint Indian Cents: Classic US Coins   There are few coin series that originated in the 19th century and are as widely collected by date and mintmark as the Indian Cent. James B. Longacre, Chief Engraver of the United States Mint, and in production from 1859 through 1909, the Indian Cent saw the vast majority of its production at the Philadelphia Mint, which was long the only Mint facility authorized to produce base-metal coinage of small denominations; the bronze one-cent and copper-nickel five-cent coins could not be produced at branch mints. This changed in 1906 when the restricti...

The Curious Case of the 1855-C Gold Dollar   I can’t think of a single branch mint gold coin that has performed as poorly from a price perspective as the 1855-C gold dollar. Back around 2005 through 2008, these routinely traded in AU55 for $10,000-12,000 USD. Today, certain pieces in AU55 holders now bring only $5,000-5,500. 1855-C $1.00 PCGS AU55 CAC. Images courtesy Douglas Winter Numismatics (DWN) unless otherwise noted Why did this important one-year type coin drop so much in value? The answer is not as cut-and-dry as it might seem. Before I answer this question, let’s take a quick...